2025 Recipients

Michelle Balderrama

Harvard College

Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney | Culpeper, Virginia Michelle Balderrama is a rising senior at Harvard College studying Government, Neuroscience, and Philosophy. A proud daughter of Bolivian immigrants and native of Culpeper, Virginia, Michelle is...

Drew Barker

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Arlington Public Schools | Arlington, MA Drew Barker is an Ed.L.D. student at Harvard Graduate School of Education and is passionate about closing a significant data-management gap in the education sector. This summer, he will work with Arlington Public...

Chloe Call

Harvard College

Utah Legal Services | Salt Lake City, UT Chloe Call, a rising Junior in Kirkland House, is pursuing a concentration in History at Harvard College. Ever since she took a writing class on the U.S. prison system her first semester, Chloe has sought ways to...

Erica Chen

Harvard College

Community Health Advocates | New York, NY Erica Chen is a rising junior at Harvard College, studying Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology, and Cognitive Neuroscience and Evolutionary Psychology. She is deeply passionate about patient rights...

Ryan Jung

Harvard College

Legal Outreach, Inc. | New York, NY Ryan Jung is a Korean-American teacher and philosopher, originally from Irvine, California. At Harvard, he studies Social Studies and Philosophy with a secondary in Educational Studies. His research focuses on the aims...

Jack Kelly

Harvard College

United States Commission on Civil Rights | Washington, DC Jack Kelly is a rising senior at Harvard College double concentrating in government and applied mathematics. He is passionate about using the tools of math, statistics, and computer science to...

Victor M. Lee

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Arlington Public Schools | Arlington, MA Victor M. Lee is a Doctoral Student in Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Chair of Advocacy for the Harvard Graduate Council. He is a seasoned senior executive with expertise...

Eana X. Meng

Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

We Got Us | Cambridge, MA Eana X. Meng is training to become a historian of medicine and a primary care physician, as a MD-PhD candidate at Harvard Medical School and the Department of History of Science. She cares about documenting the lives of the...

Jose F. Oliva

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Massachusetts Executive Office of Education | Boston, MA Massachusetts’ New Statewide High School Graduation Requirement José F. Oliva is a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This summer, he is supporting the Massachusetts...

Tina D. Purnat

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | New York, NY Addressing information ecosystems as social determinants of health Tina D. Purnat is a Doctor of Public Health candidate and Prajna Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of...

Alejandra "Ale" Rosa

Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Casa Silvana | Puerto Rico Alejandra ‘Alé’ Rosa is an Afro Puerto Rican PhD candidate at Harvard University. Rosa is anchored at the African & African American Studies Department and works in collaboration with the Critical Media Practice program. Her...

Harry Shanmugam

Harvard Medical School

MassHealth | Boston, MA Harry Shanmugam is a MD student at Harvard Medical School passionate about the policy decisions that shape patient experiences and outcomes. This summer, he will be working at MassHealth to evaluate and implement strategies to...

Nora Sun

Harvard College

The Fenway Institute | Boston, MA Community behavioral health interventions for self-harm, disordered eating, suicidality, and substance use among intersectional sexual and gender diverse populations Nora Sun is a rising junior in Quincy House at Harvard...

Helen Yan

Harvard College

Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program | Cambridge, MA Helen Yan is a Chinese-American activist and legal advocate raised in Massachusetts. She is the daughter of two hard working immigrant restaurant owners whose story has inspired her to care...